Blast in Iraq Kills Police Recruits

At least 42 are killed when a suicide bomber detonates explosives outside a police recruiting center in the Iraqi town of Tikrit. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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... grisly attack against a new Iraqi police recruits ... a suicide bomber wearing a vest filled with explosives ... attacked a police station on Tuesday in Tikrit ... north of Baghdad ... killing at least forty two and wounding over a hundred ... the attack took place as many were lined up with documents to apply for the St ... a police spokesman said more than three hundred people were standing in line at the time of the attack ... we were queueing up when the suicide bomber blew himself up ... the main hospital was overwhelmed ... and mosques and broadcast appeals for residents to donate allied to help the wounded ... overall violence in Iraq has fallen sharply since peaking in two thousandseven ... that insurgents have stepped up their assault on Iraqi police and troops ... since US forces formally end combat operations last August ... Mandy shiny Reuters ... the the ...